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Bethany Andres-Beck (born 1984 or 1985 (age 40–41))[1] is an American politician who is running to represent Massachusetts's sixth district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Early and personal life
[edit]Andres-Beck grew up in Silicon Valley and in rural Oregon,[2] the child of Kent Beck, software engineer and co-founder of the agile software development methodology.[3] They then moved to Massachussetts in 2001 to attend Smith College, graduating in 2005 with a degree in costume design,[2] and subsequently moved to Boston.[4]
Their work experience included time working for Twitter[4] and for Harvard School of Public Health, where they contributed to cervical cancer research.[5][6] They also worked as a software engineer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign and worked on an effort preceding Elizabeth Warren's first Senate campaign, and volunteered in local Democratic outreach.[2]
Andres-Beck identifies as queer, agender, and transgender.[7] They live in Middleton, Massachusetts, work at a health care software company,[8] and serve on Middleton's Affordable Housing Trust committee[9] and on its Master Plan Committee.[2]
Congressional campaign
[edit]In July 2025, Andres-Beck announced they were running to challenge Seth Moulton for his Congressional seat.[10][11][2]
Andres-Beck was motivated to run partly because of Moulton's 2024 remarks concerning trans women in sports.[1] They also express frustration that "[a]s a software engineer, I’m watching Congress attempt to regulate these new technologies coming out that they don’t understand and don’t have the context to actually address effectively."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Here's where Boston's first office-to-apartment conversions are being built". www.wbur.org. 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ a b c d e Gross, Samantha J. (July 17, 2025). "Representative Seth Moulton draws a primary challenge after criticism over trans athlete remarks". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ Beck, Kent (2025-07-17). "@kentbeck". Substack. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ a b Parnass, Larry (30 March 2015). "A problem that will not compute". Daily Hampshire Gazette. pp. A1.
Beth Andres-Beck, a 2005 Smith graduate who works as a software developer for Twitter in Boston, came to Northampton to mentor participants. She said she eagerly accepted Edwards' invitation and counts herself among a group of alums passionate about helping Smith prepare graduates for tech fields. 'There was nothing like this when I was here,' she said, while taking a break from advising hack participants. In a kind of tech reverse migration, Andres-Beck attended Smith after growing up in Silicon Valley, then moved to Boston.
- ^ Kim, Jane J.; Goldie, Sue J. (2008-08-21). "Health and Economic Implications of HPV Vaccination in the United States". New England Journal of Medicine. 359 (8): 821–832. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa0707052. ISSN 0028-4793.
We thank the entire cervical-cancer prevention team at the Program in Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, including Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jesse Ortendahl, Meredith O'Shea, Katie Kobus, Steven Sweet, Nicole Gastineau Campos, and Bethany Andres-Beck, for their contributions.
- ^ Kim, J. J.; Andres-Beck, B.; Goldie, S. J. (2007). "The value of including boys in an HPV vaccination programme: a cost-effectiveness analysis in a low-resource setting". British Journal of Cancer. 97 (9): 1322–1328. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604023. ISSN 1532-1827.
- ^ Blander, Leigh (2025-07-17). "Agender software engineer announces run against Moulton - Marblehead Current". marbleheadcurrent.org. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ a b Cristantiello, Ross. "Bethany Andres-Beck is the challenger hoping to oust Seth Moulton". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ "Affordable Housing Trust | Middleton, MA". www.middletonma.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ Sayers, Tom (July 25, 2025). "'Absolutely Not': Rep. Moulton's Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview". Trans News Network. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ Urquhart, Evan (July 22, 2025). "Beth Anders-Beck is Primarying Representative Seth Moulton: Assigned Media spoke with the nonbinary software engineer challenging a Massachusetts congressman who thinks the Democrats need to cater to transphobes". Assigned Media. Retrieved 2025-07-28.